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The Productivity Effects of Participatory Employment Practices: Evidence from New Japanese Panel Data
Author(s) -
Kato Takao,
Morishima Motohiro
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/1468-232x.00262
Subject(s) - productivity , grassroots , panel data , citizen journalism , production (economics) , demographic economics , labour economics , business , economics , economic growth , econometrics , political science , macroeconomics , law , politics
We report the first results for Japanese firms on the effects of clusters of participatory employment practices (or participation/employee involvement at the top level as well as at the grassroots level, and financial participation) by estimating production functions using new panel data. We find that the introduction of a group of complementary practices will lead to a significant 8–9 percent increase in productivity. However, the full productivity effect is felt only after a long developmental period.